March 29, 2011, 9:27PM

MOBILE, Alabama -- A pickup basketball game outside Denton Middle School ended with one player robbing another, Mobile police said. Spokesman Officer Christopher Levy said the victim, the robber and several others finished a game abut 6:30 p.m. when the robber pulled a gun, took money from the victim and ran off. No one was injured, and no arrests... Full story »

October 28, 2010, 5:03PM

Asked whether they've known someone who was killed as a result of violence, about half of the 1,800 eighth-graders gathered at the Saenger Theatre in downtown Mobile stood, amazingly silent. Most stood when asked if they know someone who has thought about committing suicide or someone who abuses alcohol or someone who has been to either juvenile hall or jail. The students — coming from all 20 of Mobile County's public middle schools — seemed to have a lot in common with the Long Beach, Calif., teens who were depicted in the movie “Freedom Writers” and taught by Erin Gruwell. Full story »